{"id":1119,"date":"2021-12-26T06:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-26T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/?p=1119"},"modified":"2021-12-29T06:04:49","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T06:04:49","slug":"wishing-all-who-celebrate-a-joyous-kwanzaa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/2021\/12\/26\/wishing-all-who-celebrate-a-joyous-kwanzaa-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Wishing All Who Celebrate a Joyous Kwanzaa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kwanzaa is a vibrant, annual celebration emphasizing the significance of African-American culture.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As each of the seven candles in the kinara is lit, we reflect on how every principle and person is interconnected.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By harnessing the power of our community, we have transcended societal barriers meant to hinder our collective progress.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let us continue to build upon the legacy of our ancestors &#8211; moving upward with purpose in unity, faith, and love.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I wish all who celebrate a happy, joyous, and safe Kwanzaa.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Farah N. Louis<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Council Member, District 45<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kwanzaa is a vibrant, annual celebration emphasizing the significance of African-American culture.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As each of the seven candles in the kinara is lit, we reflect on how every principle and person is interconnected.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By harnessing the power of our community, we have transcended societal barriers meant to hinder our collective progress.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let us continue to build upon the legacy of our ancestors &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/2021\/12\/26\/wishing-all-who-celebrate-a-joyous-kwanzaa-2\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":237,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/237"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1119\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}